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Patented Sept. 6, 1927.

UNITED] si1 WARDROBE TRUNK.

Application filed January 28, 1927. Serial 190.164,333.

This invention relates to an improvement in trunksl of `the wardrobe type and is particularly directed to. improving the constructions shownin United States Letters Patent Nos. 1,292,490 and 11,368,134, issued to me January 28, 1919, and December 21, 1920, respectively.A l p The principal object ot' the present invention isto provide a trunk structure in which there-will be combined an accepted type ot wardrobe trunk and a serviceable vtype of compartment trunk, with means for adjusting the compartment section to vary the available space in the wardrobe section Aat will.

The invention is illustrated in the .accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a vplan view of the trunk in open posit-ion.

Figure 21s a front view oitl the same.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view partly in section, showing the garment han-gers and the retaining i gates forv holding the vgarments on said hangers/in position.' v

Figure t is a brokenl top plan view of the garment hangers and theirsupports, Figure 5 is a-side elevation showing the garment hangers and their supports, together with the means for supporting the gates.

Figure 6 is a front* elevationalview through the wardrobe section, `showing more particularly the compartment section 'of the trunk, the bottom walls of the compartments being shown 'in extended positions and the compartmentclosure in its outermost posit-ion Y f 'Figure 7 is a similar view with the compartments shown in reduced'size by adjust-V ment of thev parts, the-gates' for the garments on the hangers being shown yin position. l v

4 Figure 8 is a sectional View through one edfreof the gate, showing particularly the a supporting member therefor.

Figure 9 is a broken planv of one of the members of the hinge 'for supportingy the frate.

D' The improved trunk is made up ota substantially rectangular section 1, hereinafter termed the wardrobe section, and a section 2 hingedly lconnected at 3 to the wardrobe section, said section 2 being hereinafter termed the drawer section. The section 2 isnt lese height than the section 1 and are @animated atta the tap walls et beth in the same plane, so that'the lower portion l of the wardrobe section `fis of lthe full sectional area' of the trunk i when closed to thereby pil-olvide a compartment` 5 which is closed by the Vbottom 6 of thedrawer section whenthe latter is in closedi'elation to` the wardrobe section. Y rlhe top wall 'of the wardrobe section is cut. away incorrespondence with the size and shape ofthe top of the drawer section to securethe proper relation of the sections when closedl- The lock 7 is'arranged' to secure'the sections in closed position.

The-drawer lsection is divided by transverse `partitions Sto provide spaces toreceive independent drawers 9v whichv are locked in closed position byabar 1`0'liingedly connectedV for vertical "andi swinging movement at l1. The r`barl() is recessed 'at 12 tofcooperate' with vprojections 13 on the Y edgesfof the upper and'lowermost partir tions 8,'.th`e recessespermitting the. bar to be moved vwithin the projections vwhich at their `entrant ends are spacedv apart incorrespondence with the widthf'oi" the bar between the partitionsl Fol'lowingftl'ie movementfotthe bar within the projections', it

may be'moved up ordfown tofdisposefthe wide `portion of the bar in line" with the narrow.M entrance between the projections',

thus vpreventing. removal of the fbai. Of course,f appropriate locking. means vot any desired type (not shownyis `arranged to hold the bar in itsfinal position, and as the bar 'overlie's' all 'the drawers, ysaid drawers are 4locked.against opening when the barfisv in locking position. f f 1 y `Longitudin'al'ly oi Oneside' wall of the wardrobe section and near the uppery edge is'securedy a 'channeled frame bar'l/l over which is slidably fittedl a'frame'niember 15 carrying a depending' strip 16 provided near its lower end and at anintermediate point with hingedl brackets 17'and18-., Secured vto the member 15 fisfa runner.` 19,theupper and loweredges of which areyundercut to lslidar-` y the mountings of such ends of the garment l hangers permitting their bodily sliding movement- `or their separation from the mountings for independent swinging through the pivotal support of thesockets at their opposite ends.

A gate29 is supported on hinged brackets 17 and 18. This gate has projecting hinge' members 30 and 31 adapted to be passed through any one of a plurality of openings 32 inthe brackets 17 and 18. f The openings 32 in the bracket 18 are of keyhole form opening through the edge of the bracket and the hinge member 30 has a laterally bent free end 33 to pass through the reduced portion of the openings 32 in thel bracket 18. Thus, when in operative position, the gate cannot be disconnected. The gate has a locking member' 34 having rearwardly extending upper andv lower projections 35 adapted to be pivotally connected to lateral projections 36 at the free edge of the gate by pivot pins 37.

Mounted on the pivot pins 37 between the locking members V34 and thee'dge of the gate is an auxiliary locking member 38, a stop 39 on the gate preventing a full rotative lnovement of the auxiliary locking member. The edge of the locking member 34 remote from the gate yand Vboth edges of the auxiliary locking member 38 are provided with hooks 40 adapted to seat in arecess 41 formedv in the inner surface of vthe front wall. of the wardrobe section. As the gate may be secured'in either ofthe openings 32 inthe bracket, the respective locking members are providedv to insure the locking of 'the free edge of the gate kin any vpivotal mounting of the latter. v l

As previously stated, the top wall ofthe wardrobe' section and thefront wall there? of from a point above the space 5 is cut away to receive the corresponding parts of l channels are connected attheir rear ends to a passage from each horizontal channel to the vertical` channel. The compartments are formed by floor sections 45 made up of hingedly connected strips 46, 47 having pins 48 to seat in the opposed channels. lVith the compartments at their maximum length, the` floor sections rest in the horizontal channel and when it is desired to reduce this length, the pins of the rearmost floorv section are directed into the inclined channels 44 and the floor section moved rearwardly so'that iinally the compartment is of a length corresponding to the width of the outermost end floor section, as clearly shown in dotted lines in Figure 7.

T o complete the compartment section, there is provided a closure 49 designed to form the forward wall of the compartment section, this closure being in the formof a panel andv provided with openings 50 with or Without independent closures thereforto permit access to the respective compartments This closure is also adjustable relative to the in the side walls of the trunk, each of said channels being formed at its respective ends with depending short channels 53 and 54 respectively. Obviously, with the closure arranged so that its pins '51 are in the short depending channels l53, the compartments are of their full length, while if the floor sections are moved rearwardly as described, the closure may be correspondingly moved rearwardly untilits pins 51 drop into the short channels 54. Thus, the closure maybe made effective for compartments of full size or, in the event the garment hangers are so filled asto require additional garment space, the compartments may be reduced lin size to provide this space while yet afording effective compartments. It is, of course, apparent that the ward robe section,'insofar as the garment hangers are concerned, is adapted to support garments in the usual manner, the hangers being -slidable in groups and independently swingable to permit access toma particular garment. vThen the garment hangers have been supplied and it is desiredto lhold the garments thereon against undue movement during shipmentA of the trunk, the gate is mounted in the appropriate openings 32 in the brackets 17 and 18 and swung across the frontof the garments, being thereafter held in this position bythe cooperation'of the hooks 40 of either the main or auxiliary locking bar, with the sockets 41 in the trunk walls. Y p l/Vhat I claim to be new is: f Y1. A wardrobe trunk including a drawer section, a wardrobe section, hangers slidable in the wardrobe section, and a series ofcompartments arranged below the hangers, said v compartments being adjustable as to size. to

vary the space permitted the garmentsl supported on the hangers.

2. A wardrobe trunk including a drawer section, a wardrobe section, hangers slidable in the wardrobe section, a series of compartments arranged below the hangers, said compartments being adjustable as to size to vary the space permitted the garments supported on the hangers, and an adjustable gate for overlying the garments supported on the hangers.

3. In a wardrobe trunk, a drawer section, a wardrobe section, hangers movable in the wardrobe, a series of compartments arranged in the wardrobe section below the hangers, a closure for said compartments, means for adjusting the depth of the compartments at will, and means for moving the closure to cooperate with the adjusted dept-h of the compartments.

t. In a wardrobe trunk, a dra-wer section, a wardrobe section, hangers movable in the wardrobe, a series of compartments arranged in the wardrobe section below the hangers, a closure for said compartments, means for adjusting the length of the compartments at will, means for moving the closure to cooperate with the adjusted length of the compartments, and means for locking the closure in adjusted position.

5. In a wardrobe trunk, a wardrobe section, hangers slidably mounted in the upper portion of said section, a plurality of compartments formed in vertical alignment below the hangers, slidable bottoms `forv said compartments, means to permit movement of the bottoms to vary the depth of t-he compartments, a closure for the compartments slidably mounted in the walls of the wardrobe section to close the compartments in either of their-adjusted lengths, andmeans whereby the closure may be locked in` either of its adjusted positions.

6. In a wardrobe trunk, a wardrobe sec-` tion, hangers slidably mounted in the upper portion of said section, a plurality of compartments formed in vertical alignment below the hangers, slidable bottoms for said compartments, means to permit movement of the bottoms to vary'the depth of the com- ORVIL G. LEMMER. n 

